Thursday, September 06, 2007

Leadership Qualities

By Pashel Kingson

Since time immemorial leadership has played a great role in our country. The first revolt for Indian Independence 1857, failed to achieve its goal due to the failure of its leadership among the Indian. The revolt broke out on 10th May 1857, by the third cavalry at Meerut. Revolt was also held at difference places like Delhi, Lucknow, Jhansi, Barielly, etc. but without any proper leader and the revolt was poorly organized with no co-ordination or central leadership, also there was no all- India veneer about the revolt. Hence the revolt ended without any success. Time lapsed and came the era of Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Vallabhai Patel etc, and under their leadership India got Independence on August 15th, 1947.

Leadership must always have a sense of the public. He has to deal with human beings as individual and as a mass; he must know the art of getting into their minds and hearts. The elders and educators will have to take upon themselves the tasks of guiding the youth of today and explaining to them what is expected of them. Manipur witnessed an abrupt change in leaders belonging to different organization, people also felt frustrated by the lack of the State progress. At every nook and corner of the State there is political as well as financial crisis. The constant assault of innocent civilian by the armed forces or by the police and an awkward agitation in different places make us feel insecure in our day-to-day lives. Unfortunately, what we see all around is not at all inspiring and uplifting.

Corruption, lack of basic amenities, poor health care, missing governance in all spares of life stare us in the faces. In addition to this, the present leaders have no opportunity to enhance his views rather they are working under the spell of some unknown power.

Some insistent leaders also make the State administration get jeopardized by conveying and misleading its peoples in every activity, igniting the ignorant person to violence at any dispute that face them. Though the problem can be resolved in a span of few hours.

Many a case has been highlighted by the media, but the menace goes on unchecked. Neither the leaders are convicted nor are they accused of inciting the crowd to violence nor brought for trials in the faces of the public. Some weak leaders are also determined to get on the ideas that crop in their minds, which resulted in the deterioration of the State administration. Leaders in a different way are also very intelligent, operating in distance through their secretaries or through the activist to perform the works, deceiving all the innocent people of their community.

Though some educators of their community find the situation hard to digest and try to protests; however, they are being dragged and put aside. The frequent call of ban of vehicles plying at any day or hour is probably one of the causes of the wrongdoing of the leaders. Henceforth, the ban of vehicles plying has been adopted as an application to the Government to achieve their particular goals.

So far no leaders of any community have acknowledged their mistakes and they are not being condemned and no one knows why.

The remedy therefore lies in the inculcation of the right values through proper education and following the footsteps of great leaders.

A good leader must have the courage to utilize their hidden talents in a proper way; they will thus keep away from protest and demonstration that have become the order of the day.

Source: The Sangai Exprees